Blower for stoves and fire-places



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J. F. HESS. BLOWER FOR ST OVES AND FIRE PLACES.

. Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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BLOWER FOR STOVES AND FIRE PLACES. No. 358,447. Patented Mar.'1,.188'7@.

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JACOB F. HESS, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

BLOWER FOR STOVES AND FIRE-PLACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358.447, dated March 1,1887.

Application filed August 20, 1886. Serial No. 211,440. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JACOB F. Hnss, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of Massillon, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Blowers for Stoves and Fire-Places, ofwhich thefollowingisafull, clear, and exact-description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in adjustable blowers for stovesand fireplaces; and it consists in providing means, hereinafterdescribed, by which a blower may be balanced by counter-weights and heldat any desired point of adjustment; also, in providing means for unitingthe counterweight, that uniformity of movement may be secured. I

My invention also relates to and consists in providing a way upon whichthe blower may rest when down and slide upon when raised or lowered;also, in providing means for restraining and guiding the blower in itsupand-down movement.

My invention also relates to the detail and combination of parts,ashereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawmgs.

Figure 1 is an isometrical view of a stove embodying myinvention,showing the blower raised and folded into a recess provided therefor inthe upper section of the stove. Fig. 2 is same view showing the blowerdown, exposing the recess and the detail of one end of the cross-shaftforming the blower-hinge and the counter-weights and chamber. Fig. 3 isan isometrical view of the blower and counter-weight, lower section ofblower detached. Fig. 4 is an isometrical view of a fragment of thefront plate, showing that part of the plate upon which the blower slideswhen raised or lowered and upon which it may rest when down,and alsoshowing the restraining-groove. Fig. 5 is an isometrical view of theplate that forms therestraining-groove from thelcft-hand front. Fig. 6is a view of a cap or cover for counter-weight chamber. Fig. 7 is a viewof a hand-wrench, by which the blower gradually may be rotated. 8 is aview in vertical section,showing the blower in its lowand lining platesand top and bottom plates,

except such changes or modifications as may be required to adapt them tothe use of my improvements.

The blower E is composed of two sections, F

and G, section F having at its upper side asupporting-shaft, d, havingjournals (1, which may be integral therewith, and is also provided withprojected wings (Z and to which there may be attached counter-weights dof such weight as may be required to balance and hold the blower at anydesired position of elevation between the limits of its movements; orthe counterweights may be integral with the said shaft, and the end ofthe shaft h may be so formed and adapted as to conform to the wrench hby which the shaft may be rotated and the blower raised or lowered, asthe case may be.

The lower section, G, of the blower has a hinge-connectionv with thelower edge of the upper section, F, the adjacent edges ofthe twosections h ]L5 being curved, as shown in Fig. 3, and conformed one tothe other and held in position by a bolt adapted to perforations h hwhich are central to the said curved edges h* h, thereby forming alongitudinal hinge, by which the lower section, G, of the blower may befolded against the-inside of the upper section, F, when the blower israised, as shown in Fig; 1, or may occupy any degree of folding betweenthe limits of movement, as hereinafter described. The lower section, G,is also provided with a projected lug, h adapted to the groove h (seeFig. 4,) the operation of which will be hereinafter explained.

In the front plate, A, there is provided a recess, 13, of such a depthfrom a line vertical with the face of the face column a a as willreceive the blower when raised and folded, as shown in Fig. 1. The saidfront plate, A, is also provided with a longitudinal semicirculargroove, b, adapted to receive and conform to the upper edge of section Fof the blower, about which the said blower may be rotated. The uppersection of the columns a a, from the top to z, are cutaway, forming ashoulder, a", in

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which are formed j ournal-bearings If, adapted to receive the journals(1 of the blowershaft, and in which the said journals may be rotated toraise and lower the blower. There is also provided a projectedcap-piece, D, having near its lower end semicircular bearings 11,adapted to rest against the journals d,forniing a cap or binder for thejournals. The upper end of the cap is extended out-,as shown in Fig. 1,for the purpose of forming a chamber, at" into which the counter-weights(Z may pass when the blower is down, thus allowing the weight to standabout vertically over the shaft, and when the blower is raised to itsupper position the weight 61 may be suspended under the shaft, thusproviding for a full half-revolution of the shaft 11. The cap D may besecured in position by a screw or bolt in perforations (1. There is alsoprovided on the front plate, A, and integral therewith, a way, 7:, forthe blower to rest upon when down, and upon which the lower edge mayrest as the blower is raised or lowered.

The face-piece L having a projected rib, k, when said cap is placed uponthe front plate, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, a passage-way or groove, h,may be formed, in which the lug h may be moved up and down as the bloweris raised or lowered. By these means themovements of the blower may berestrained in its up and down movements,so as not to allow the loweredge of the blower to swing out or away from the way is, provided for itto rest upon.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, whatI claim, and de sire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In astove, the combination, with a blower formed of two sectionshaving their adjacent edges curved and adapted one to the other insemicircular form, a through-bolt forming a hinge, guiding-high,supporting-journals d, projecting wings (Z and the counter-weights (1substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a stove, the combination, with front plate, A, having a recess, B,groove 2), shoulders a ournal-bearings b, guideway 75, and groove h, ofa sectional blower hinged to the front plate and provided with a lugadapted to travel in the groove h, substantially as de- 50 scribed, andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the plate A, as described, face-piece k, andcaps D, of a sectional blower adapted to rest on said face-plate andcounter-weights secured to the blower, substantially as described, andfor the purpose set forth.

4. In a stove, the combinatiomwith the front plate, A, and theface-piece k, of the sectional blower, substantially as described,hinged to the front plate and provided at its lower end with a ribadapted to engage the piece 70, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day ofAugust, A. D. 1886.

JACOB F. HESS.

Vitnesses:

\V. K. MILLER, ALFRED BIERCE.

